Research Article: Association between BUN/creatinine ratio and the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with trauma-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a single-centre retrospective cohort from the MIMIC database
Abstract:
Objective Recent studies have shown that blood urea nitrogen to creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio might be an effective marker for the prognosis of patients with respiratory diseases. Herein, we aimed to assess the association between BUN/Cr ratio and the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with trauma-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design A retrospective cohort study. Setting and participants 1034 patients were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-III (MIMIC-III) database. Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome of the study was in-hospital mortality, defined by the vital status at the time of hospital discharge (ie, survivors and non-survivors). Results Of the total patients, 191 (18.5%) died in hospital. The median follow-up duration was 16.0 (8.3–26.6) days. The results showed that high level of BUN/Cr ratio was significantly associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality (15.54–21.43: HR=2.00, 95% CI: (1.18 to 3.38); >21.43: HR=1.76, 95% CI: (1.04 to 2.99)) of patients with trauma-related ARDS. In patients with trauma-related ARDS that aged ?65 years old, male and female, Onychomycosis Severity Index (OSI)>98, Revised Trauma Score (RTS)>11, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS-II)>37 and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores?7, BUN/Cr ratio was also related to the increased risk of in-hospital mortality (all p<0.05). The predictive performance of BUN/Cr ratio for in-hospital mortality was superior to BUN or Cr, respectively, with the area under the curve of receiver operator characteristic curve at 0.6, and that association was observed in age, gender, OSI, RTS, SAPS-II and SOFA score subgroups. Conclusion BUN/Cr ratio may be a potential biomarker for the risk of in-hospital mortality of trauma-related ARDS, which may help the clinicians to identify high-risk individuals and to implement clinical interventions.
Introduction:
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute diffuse lung injury. 1 Various intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary pathogenic factors contribute to development and progress of ARDS and the mortality rate range is between 35% and 45% in the USA. 2 Severe trauma is a common predisposing factor of ARDS, accounting for about 10% of all ARDS cases, which is associated with longer hospital stays, increased costs and worse long-term health related quality of life. 3 Early identification of high-risk patients and…
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